First Lady Michelle Obama Guest Edits More Magazine

First Lady Michelle Obama is the guest editor of the July/August 2015 issue of More magazine. June 15, 2015

Miguel de Cervantes Laid to Rest 400 Years After His Death

No one hired a proofreader for the new tomb of Miguel de Cervantes, Spain's greatest writer. The Don Quixote author has a new tomb and headstone, but it has a typo. June 15, 2015

Swedish YouTube Star Felix Kjellberg Inks Book Deal

Swedish YouTube star Felix Kjellberg aka PewDiePie has signed a book deal with Penguin Random House. The inspirational book hist stores in October. June 12, 2015

John Scalzi Inks $3.4 Million Publishing Deal With Tor

SF author John Scalzi has signed a decade long, $3.5 million deal with Tor for 13 books. He discusses the deal. June 12, 2015

Jimmy Fallon Stars in the Book Trailer for His New Children's Book

Jimmy Fallon has written a new children's book called Baby's First Word Will Be Dada. Here he stars in the book trailer. June 8, 2015

Saudi Blogger to Receive 1,000 Lashes and Ten Years in Prison

A Saudi blogger will receive 1,000 lashes and ten years in prison. The sentence has been upheld by Saudi Arabia's Supreme Court. June 7, 2015

Naya Rivera is Writing a Memoir

Glee star Naya River is writing a memoir about her career, her love life and the challenges she's faced as a mixed race actress. June 7, 2015

Aziz Ansari Writes a Book About Love and Online Dating

Aziz Ansari teamed up with sociologist Eric Klinenberg to write Modern Romance, a book about the state of love in the modern world. June 5, 2015

Jacqueline Woodson Named Young People's Poet Laureate

Jacqueline Woodson has been named the new Young People's Poet Laureate by the Poetry Foundation. She is the author of Brown Girl Dreaming. June 4, 2015

Gabourey Sidibe Inks Memoir Deal With Houghton Mifflin

Oscar nominated actress Gabourey Sidibe is writing a memoir for Houghton Mifflin Harcrourt. June 3, 2015

Ali Smith Wins Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction for How to Be Both

Ali Smith won the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction for her sixth novel, How to Be Both. The prize carries a cash award of 30,000 British pounds. June 3, 2015

James Patterson Launching Children's Book Imprint at Little, Brown

James Patterson is launching a new kids book imprint called jimmy patterson at Little, Brown. He will donate all his profits to children's literacy efforts. May 30, 2015

Rodale Launches Organic Life Magazine

Rodale has launched a new magazine called Rodale's Organic Life. The first issue was the May/June 2015 issue. May 27, 2015

Bobby Jindal to Publish American Will Book in October

Bobby Jindal will publish a new book, American Will, in October through Threshold Editions. May 27, 2015

Vox Media Acquires Recode.net

Vox Media has acquired the Recode tech news site. The site will continue to publish at the recode.net site. May 26, 2015

Meredith Launches Parents Latina Magazine

Meredith has launched a new print magazine called Parents Latina. It is part of the Meredith Parents Network. May 26, 2015

Orbit Acquires Two New Science Fiction Novels by Ann Leckie

Orbit has acquired two new science ficiton novels by award-winning author Ann Leckie. May 26, 2015

Margaret Atwood Contributes Inaugural Manuscript to the Future Library

Margaret Atwood is the first author to contribute a book to the Future Library. The books will be printed in 100 years. May 26, 2015

Anna Kendrick to Publish Essay Collection in Fall 2016

Anna Kendrick will publish an essay collection in Fall 2016 through Touchstone and Simon & Schuster Audio May 25, 2015

Charles Dickens' Writing Desk Purchased by Museum

The Charles Dickens Museum will be putting Dickens' writing desk and chain on display after buying it. May 25, 2015

Two Mountains Read Your Tweets Aloud at the Mountains of Mouthness

The Mountains of Mouthness are mountains that will read tweets for you. May 23, 2015

Netflix Orders Green Eggs and Ham Animated Series

Netflix has ordered a Green Eggs and Ham animated series. It will contain 13 episodoes. May 23, 2015

Author Herman Wouk Publishing Memoir for His 100th Birthday

Bestselling author Herman Wouk turns 100 on May 27th. He's finishing up his memoir which will hit bookstores in December. May 22, 2015

Researcher Says He has Found the First True Portrait of William Shakespeare

Botanist and researcher mark Griffiths says he has discovered the first contemporary portrait of William Shakespeare. It is the first true image of what the Bard looked like. May 21, 2015

The New Yorker's Broken Arch Cover Wins Cover of the Year

The New Yorker's Broken Arch cover won the 2014 Cover of the Year in the ASME Best Cover Contest May 20, 2015